Gymnotoceras crimicus Astakhova 1976 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Full reference: T. V. Astakhova. 1976. Pervaya nakhodka srednetriasovogo ammonita iz Tavricheskoy svity gornogo Kryma. Geologicheskiy Zhurnal 6:131-134

Belongs to Gymnotoceras according to T. V. Astakhova 1976

Sister taxa: Acrochordiceras foltzense, Gymnotoceras blakei, Gymnotoceras falcatum, Gymnotoceras ginsburgi, Gymnotoceras inflatum, Gymnotoceras mimetus, Gymnotoceras olenekense, Gymnotoceras praecursor, Gymnotoceras rotelliformis, Gymnotoceras sublaqueatum, Gymnotoceras tasaryense, Gymnotoceras weitschati, Gymnotoceras zvetkovi

Type specimen: IGN AN USSR 1769/201. Its type locality is Quarry opposite Lozove, Salgir River, which is in an Illyrian marine siltstone in Ukraine.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 47.0

Distribution: found only at Quarry opposite Lozove, Salgir River

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